Hometown Water: The Lifeline of Pleasanton

 


Summer 2020 was a busy time for producing content. I am incredibly proud of the Hometown Water: The Lifeline of Pleasanton documentary created by the college and high school interns at Go Green Initiative. The goal of this documentary was to explore the past, present, and future of water in Pleasanton. This past week, on April 21, 2022, we held the official in-person screening of the film at the Firehouse Arts Center. Pleasanton's Museum on Main and our local Tri-Valley Television are excellent partners for this project. The Museum helped with the history research and interviews - if you watch the film, you will see the Museum's curator Ken MacLennan featured. In 2014 he published a book about the history of Pleasanton, and I have heard him describe how one of the main throughlines of Pleasanton's history is water. In fact, the Museum on Main had a special Smithsonian exhibit Water/Ways, during the summer of 2020, and you can watch Ken's entire presentation and mine. Ken is also featured in a video showcasing the Water/Ways exhibit at the Museum

Zone 7 Water agency partnered with Tri-Valley Television to feature the Hometown Water documentary on our local TV 28, 29, and 30 channels. This is a great way to share the film's content with the community, and I can personally share how I have had several community members approach me with comments and questions after watching the movie on our local stations.

I am honored to have been a part of it and hope you will watch the documentary and learn something new about water in Pleasanton. Thank you to the Museum on Main and Tri-Valley Television for supporting this film.

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